Shaping-machine



(No Model.)

J. PEPPER, Jr.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN PEPPER, m, or ROME, NEW YORK.

SHAPING-MACHINE.

SPECIFICATIQN forming part of Letters Patent No. 375,893, dated January 3, 1888.

Application filed June 23, 1886.

To all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN PEPPER, J12, of Rome, in the county of Oneida and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Shaping-Machines; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, which will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertaius to make and use the same,reference being bad to the accompanying drawings,and to the letters ofreference marked thereon, which form partof this specification.

My invention relates to a shapiugmachine; and it consists in the mechanism hereinafter more fully described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings,Figure 1 represents a top view of my improved machine. Fig. 2 represents a side elevation of the same. Fig. 3 is an end section view on linemx,Fig. 1. Fig. 4 is an end view of Fig. 2, taken at the right-hand end. Fig. 5 is the top view of the rotating cutter. Fig. 6 is a section view of the rotating cutters on line y 3 Fig. 5. Fig. 7 is a side view of the adjustable carriage.

In the accompanying drawings similar figures of reference refer to corresponding parts throughout the several views.

The objectaud purpose of my invention consists in the mechanism for constructing sections of fishing-rod tapering from end to end ofeach section forming the rod.

In the drawings,1 represents the frame,preferably formed with four legs, with suitable tiebeams connected with the legs for forming a rigid and substantial frame on which the working portions of my machine are mounted. On the top of the frame, forming a part of it, I preferably provide a table, 2, of suitable strength to carry the required machinery. Any other form of frame may be used. On the top of the frame I provide two angular guidetracks, 3 3, Fig. 4, one angle being bolted or otherwise rigidly held to the top of the frame, and the other angle forming avertical wall which extends longitudinaliy on the frame to a point near the feed-rolls, hereinafter mentioned. The angle track-bars are located a sufficient distance apart to receive on the upper portion of the frame between them the adjustable carriage 4, Fig.7,which is constructed to move between said guide-tracks. The ad- Serial No. 205,971. (No model.)

justable carriage 4 is formed,preferably,in two sections, the upper section, 5, and the lower section, 6, being hinged or otherwise pivoted at 7, the opposite ends being free to move to and from each other,"and are adjusted by means of thumb-screw 8, Fig. 7, which moves in aslot in the table between the guides, and by means of which adjustment the required taper may be given to the article to be operated on. This carriage is constructed to move reciprocally between the guide-track, and has a projection, 9, on the upper surface, against which the article to be operated on is placed when the carriage is extended toward the right. The article is placed on the upper surface of the carriage, withone end resting against projection 9 in the carriage, and the other end of the article is placed under the vertically-adjustable guide-roll 10, Fig. 4., constructed to rotate between bearings, with stem 11 passing through support 12, bolted to the frame and free to move therein, which-is kept to its work by coil-spring 13 on the stem, and is operated by lever 14, fulcrumed at 15 and engaging the stem, whereby the guide-roll can be raisedato allow the article to be operated on to pass under the same.

For cutting and trimming the article to be operated on, either round or at an angle, and tapering the same from end to end, I provide a rotating cutter-head, 16, Figs. 1, 2, 3, 5, and 6, each cutter-head carrying one or more adjustable knives, which knives are adjustable on the head by means ofslot 17 17, Fig. 5, and set screws 18 18, to adjust the knives to the size of the article to be operated on, the edges of the knives being formed to cut the article to be operated on in the required shape or form. The rotating head or heads are mounted on shafts 19 19, to which they are properly keyed or splined, the shafts being mounted in suitable hearings in the frame.

For guiding and partially feeding the carriage under the cutter-head, I provide two or more vertical guide-rolls, 2O 20, Figs. 2 and 3, which engage the opposing walls of the reciprocating carrier and partially drive the same by friction contact therewith under the cutter. These guiderollers are driven by an ordinary beveled gear, 21 21, meshing into other beveled gears, 22 22, mounted on shafts 23 23,Figs.

2 and 3,which shafts are driven by belt from the cutter-head shaft by means of a link belt and ordinary sprocket-wheels, the size of each wheel determining the speed. Power is applied to pulley 24., which communicates motions to the other parts of the machine through the link belt and sprocket-wheels, as before stated.

I provide guide-rolls 25 and 26, mounted in bearings to be rotated, for holding the article to be operated on. These rolls may be adj ustable by any well-known mechanism for accommodating articles differing in size.

It is quite obvious that one or more rotating cutter-heads may be used, and one or more set of guide-rolls and one or more set of feedingrolls, without departing from the spirit of my invention.

What I claim as new, and desire to soon re by Letters Patent, is

1. The combination of one or more rotating cutter-heads, each head carrying one or more cutting-edges,the reciprocating and adjustable carriage moving between ways under the cutter-head, with means for vertically adjusting the carriage, two or more guide-rolls for engaging the upper surface of the articles to be operated upon, and two or more feed-rolls and means for operating the same. a

2. The combination of one or more rotating cutter-heads, each head carrying one or more adjustable cu tting-edges,the reciprocating carriage moving between Ways under the cutterhead, with means for vertically adjusting the carriage, two or more guide-rolls for engaging the upper surface of the article to be operated on, and two or more feed-rolls and means for operating the same, substantially as set forth, for the purposes stated. 7

In witness whereof I have affixed my signature in presence of two witnesses.

JOHN PEPPER, JR. Witnesses:

EDWIN H. RIsLEY, JOHN PEPPER. 

